— Former Oregon athletic director and current booster Pat Kilkenny appeared on John Canzano’s radio show on Monday to talk about the current state of Oregon football. He dismissed rumors that Phil Knight would pay $10 million for a new head coach, but didn’t elaborate on his opinion of head coach Mark Helfrich’s status for next season.

— Oregon men’s basketball climbed to No. 4 in Monday’s AP Poll, marking the highest ranking the team has attained in school history. The Ducks jumped from No. 5 after the Kansas Jayhawks lost their season-opener to Indiana on Nov. 11.

— The Ducks play their first road game on Tuesday at Baylor. The Register-Guard’s Steve Mims wrote about the game’s implications for the No. 4 Ducks.

— While much hype surrounds the Oregon men’s team early in the season, the Ducks are still playing without arguably their best player, junior forward Dillon Brooks. Brooks sustained a foot injury during the offseason and has yet to play in Oregon’s first two games. There still isn’t a clear timetable for his return. With Brooks supporting Oregon from the sideline, the Ducks are adapting to life without their preseason All-American.

— Oregon tennis duo Cormac Clissold and Thomas Laurent delivered a dominant performance at the Ducks’ only home meet of the fall last weekend. Clissold and Laurent placed first in the doubles bracket and Laurent went on to win the singles bracket.

— Following Oregon women’s basketball’s season-opening win over Lamar, Sabrina Ionescu, the highest ranked recruit in program history, detailed how her father Dan plans to attend many Duck games this year. He drove eight hours on Sunday morning to catch his daughter’s first collegiate game.

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